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Cho: The Korean Traditional Culture and Spirituality : Its Application to Psychiatry
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J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc 2018;57(1):96-105.

Published online: 17 January 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4306/jknpa.2018.57.1.96

The Korean Traditional Culture and Spirituality : Its Application to Psychiatry

Soo Churl Cho, MD, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, Korea Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Soo Churl Cho, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry, Korea Armed Forces Capital Hospital, 81 Saemaeul-ro 177beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 13574, Korea Tel +82-32-725-6081 Fax +82-32-725-6087 E-mail soochurl@snu.ac.kr

      Revised 15 January 20185 February 2018       Accepted 6 February 2018

Copyright © 2018 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association

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Abstract

Objectives

This study was conducted to examine the characteristics of spirituality in Korean traditional culture and to apply these to the basic concepts of psychiatry.

Methods

The author interpreted books concerning traditional culture, including God-concept, death-concept, world-view of afterlife, Shamanistic thinking, traditional religion, as well as traditional culture in general, such as play, music, art, dance, literature, pottery, architecture, naming method, authentic recordings (Shillock), and Hangul.

Results

The common characteristic of spirituality reflected in the reviewed materials was ‘Ge-gensatzvereinigung’ which means the unification of opposing concepts. The unity of the Western and Eastern cultures, the old and the new, death and life, the rich and the poor, and the concrete and the abstract are examples of ‘Gegensatzvereinigung.’

Conclusion

The ultimate goal of psychiatric treatment is to maintain the harmonious interaction among thinking, affect and behavior. Furthermore, the most harmonious interaction is to unify into one. Thus, the spirituality of traditional culture can be applied to psychiatric treatment.

Keywords: Spirituality, Korean traditional culture, Psychiatry

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